A while back I made a decision to stay away from using any Flash in building this web site…
I am deliberately avoiding the use of Flash. The misuse of flash in web sites is responsible for some of the most ridiculous, frustrating and avoidable usability issues. So, dumb-is-good could be the motto here.
I recently upgraded to the latest version of NetNewsWire for the iPhone. Like many out there, I had been eagerly awaiting the new version 2.0 that would sync with Google Reader. Having my desktop feeds back in sync with the iPhone was going to be one of life’s small pleasures.
…it was not worth the wait.
In short – NetNewsWire 2.0 is unusable.
Apple have updated Mac OS X in all sorts of great ways in their latest Snow Leopard update 10.6 but here’s a backward step – in fact a backward step from what was a pretty weak starting position.
The Country field in the address book has for a long time had the somewhat-lame and counter-intuitive auto-fill feature where you could type Option Escape to be presented with a list of options to auto fill from.
Okay, finally I think apple have caught up with themselves with their new iPhone. I may have to officially retire the Newton. Although I’ll be fully convinced when I can use a WiMAX iPhone on the Unwired network in Sydney. Let’s see how long that takes.
Since establishment of the web site, I have been keeping a keen eye on Google’s index to see if and when the site gets picked up…
The Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 with the Newton Keyboard attached. Perhaps Apple will catch up with themselves one day soon.